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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.
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Subtopic: Forensic anthropology

Number of Awards: 147
Total Amount Awarded: $96,828,206

Funded Awards
FY Sort ascending Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2013 Forensic Anthropology Fellowship Training Program NIJ FY 13 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Harris County TX 2013-CD-BX-0071 $74,147 Closed
2013 Species and age determination of blow fly pupae based upon headspace analysis NIJ FY 13 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Trustees of Indiana University IN 2013-DN-BX-K019 $197,491 Closed
2012 A Multi-Modal Method for Determining the Postmortem Interval in Juvenile Remains and Assessing Skeletal Health NIJ FY 12 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes North Carolina State University NC 2012-DN-BX-K049 $270,877 Closed
2012 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 12 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Texas State University San Marcos TX 2011-DN-BX-K838 $417,595 Closed
2012 Human decomposition: A mosaic model for community succession and implications for future forensic research NIJ FY 12 Basic Scientific Research to Support Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Sam Houston State University TX 2012-DN-BX-K023 $304,961 Closed
2011 Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal Remains for Purposes of Extracting Osteometric Measurements and Estimating MNI NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes University of Tennessee TN 2011-DN-BX-K537 $514,495 Closed
2011 Graphical User Interface for a Multi-Factorial Age-At-Death Estimation Method Using Fuzzy Integrals NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes The Florida International University FL 2011-DN-BX-K538 $417,595 Closed
2011 Pediatric Fracture Printing: Creating a Science of Statistical Fracture Signature Analysis NIJ FY 11 Applied Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Michigan State University MI 2011-DN-BX-K540 $681,147 Closed
2011 UNTHSC Proposal for the Management and Support of the National Missing and Unidentified Person System NIJ FY 11 The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) Program University of North Texas Health Science Center TX 2011-MU-BX-K063 $2,600,000 Closed
2010 Establishing Blow Fly Development and Sampling Procedures to Estimate Postmortem Intervals NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations Board of Regents, University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE 2010-DN-BX-K231 $483,323 Closed
2010 Estimation of Age at Death using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2010-DN-BX-K035 $114,263 Closed
2010 Independent Validation Test of Microscopic Analysis of Saw Marks in Bone NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines County of Hrris, Texas TX 2010-DN-BX-K235 $26,409 Closed
2010 National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) - FY 10 Continuation Funding NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2007-IJ-CX-K023 $2,200,000 Closed
2010 Novel Computer-Assisted Identification Method Using Radiograph Comparison NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Forensic Crime Scene and Medicolegal Death Investigations Harris County TX 2010-DN-BX-K194 $366,561 Closed
2010 Project Identification: Developing Accurate Identification Criteria for Hispanic Individuals NIJ FY 10 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Texas State University TX 2008-DN-BX-K464 $73,742 Closed
2010 Proposal to Provide Essential Forensic Anthropology Services for All Agencies in Washington State FY2010 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program King County WA 2010-CD-BX-0094 $66,531 Closed
2010 Replication of Know Dental Characteristics in Porcine Skin: Emerging Technologies for the Imaging Specialist NIJ FY 10 Research and Development on Instrumental Analysis for Forensic Science Applications Marquette University WI 2010-DN-BX-K176 $715,347 Closed
2010 Testing the Validity of Radiographic Comparisons inPositive Identifications NIJ FY 10 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines North Carolina State University NC 2010-DN-BX-K214 $284,763 Closed
2010 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing NIJ FY 10 Using DNA Technology to Identify the Missing City of New York, Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2010-DN-BX-K131 $348,511 Closed
2009 2009 UNTHSC Training Proposal NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth TX 2009-DN-BX-K184 $886,958 Closed
2009 City of New York, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Science Training Grant NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Office of Chief Medical Examiner NY 2009-DN-BX-K205 $1,000,000 Closed
2009 Continuing Professional Education Program in Forensic Anthropology by Syracuse University NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Syracuse University NY 2009-DN-BX-K201 $912,579 Closed
2009 FY09 NamUs Continuation Funding NIJ FY 09 Office of Science and Technology Continuations National Forensic Science Technology Center FL 2007-IJ-CX-K023 $1,677,000 Closed
2009 Microscopic Analysis of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone and Cartilage NIJ FY 09 Fundamental Research to Improve Understanding of the Accuracy, Reliability, and Measurement Validity of Forensic Science Disciplines City of New York NY 2009-DN-BX-K238 $45,078 Closed
2009 Mid-Atlantic/Mid-Appalachian Training on Innovations in Forensic Science Through the Radford University Forensic Science Institute NIJ FY 09 Forensic Science Training Development and Delivery Program Radford University VA 2009-DN-BX-K200 $484,092 Closed